The rain was coming. Everyone thought this would be a good thing.

It hadn't
rained in months and the earth was dry as a bone. It wasn't a surprise that
everyone thought a good rain was what was needed, but they never expected
how much rain would actually arrive.

1.With six children in tow, Catherine raced to the airport departing gate. This
wasn't an easy task as the children had other priorities than to get to the gate.
She knew that she was tight on time and the frustration came out as she yelled
at the kids to keep up. They continued to test her, pretending not to listen and
to move in directions that only slowed them down. They had no idea the wrath
they were about to receive when Catherine made it to the gate only to be
informed that they had all missed the plane.

2.No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't give her a good explanation about
what had happened. It didn't even really make sense to him. All he knew was
that he froze at the moment and no matter how hard he tried to react, nothing
in his body allowed him to move. It was as if he had instantly become a statue
and although he could see what was taking place, he couldn't move to
intervene. He knew that wasn't a satisfactory explanation even though it was
the truth.

3.April seriously wondered about her sleeping partner choices. She looked at
her bed and what a mess it had become. How did she get to the point in her life
where she had two dogs, three cats, and a raccoon sleeping with her every
night?

4.Many people say that life isn't like a bed of roses. I beg to differ. I think that
life is quite like a bed of roses. Just like life, a bed of roses looks pretty on the
outside, but when you're in it, you find that it is nothing but thorns and pain. I
myself have been pricked quite badly.

5.Benny was tired. Not the normal every day tired from a hard day o work. The
exhausted type of tired where you're surprised your body can even move. All he
wanted to do was sit in front of the TV, put his feet up on the coffee table, and
drink a beer. The only issue was that he had forgotten where he lived.

6.What was beyond the bend in the stream was unknown. Both were curious,
but only one was brave enough to want to explore. That was the problem. There
was always one that let fear rule her life.

7.It was a weird concept. Why would I really need to generate a random
paragraph? Could I actually learn something from doing so? All these questions
were running through her head as she pressed the generate button. To her
surprise, she found what she least expected to see.

8.Ten more steps. If he could take ten more steps it would be over, but his legs
wouldn't move. He tried to will them to work, but they wouldn't listen to his
brain. Ten more steps and it would be over but it didn't appear he would be able
to do it.

9.The headache wouldn't go away. She's taken medicine but even that didn't
help. The monstrous throbbing in her head continued. She had this happen to
her only once before in her life and she realized that only one thing could be
happening.

10.Stormi is a dog. She is dark grey and has long legs. Her eyes are expressive
and are able to let her humans know what she is thinking. Her tongue is long,
pink, and wet. Her long legs allow her to sprint after other dogs, people or
bunnies. She can be a good dog, but also very bad. Her tail wags when happy or
excited and hides between her back legs when she is bad. Stormi is a dog I love.

11.To the two friends, the treehouse was much more than a treehouse. It was a
sanctuary away from the other kids where they could be themselves without
being teased or bullied. It was their secret fortress hidden high in the branches
of a huge oak that only they knew existed. At least that is what they thought.
They were more than a little annoyed when their two younger sisters decided to
turn the treehouse into a princess castle by painting the inside pink and putting
glitter everywhere.

12.Indescribable oppression, which seemed to generate in some unfamiliar part

of her consciousness, filled her whole being with a vague anguish. It was like a
shadow, like a mist passing across her soul's summer day. It was strange and
unfamiliar; it was a mood. She did not sit there inwardly upbraiding her
husband, lamenting at Fate, which had directed her footsteps to the path which
they had taken. She was just having a good cry all to herself. The mosquitoes
made merry over her, biting her firm, round arms and nipping at her bare
insteps.

13.Sometimes it's the first moment of the day that catches you off guard. That's
what Wendy was thinking. She opened her window to see fire engines
screeching down the street. While this wasn't something completely unheard of,
it also wasn't normal. It was a sure sign of what was going to happen that day.
She could feel it in her bones and it wasn't the way she wanted the day to begin.

14.There once lived an old man and an old woman who were peasants and had
to work hard to earn their daily bread. The old man used to go to fix fences and
do other odd jobs for the farmers around, and while he was gone the old
woman, his wife, did the work of the house and worked in their own little plot of
land.

15.The irony of the situation hadn't escaped her. She had taken years to sculpt
the perfect persona with the perfect look that she shared on Instagram. She
knew her hundreds of thousands of followers envied that life she showed and
stayed engaged with her because they wanted that life too. The truth was that
she wanted the perfect life she portrayed more than any of her fans. The fact
was that despite all the perfection she shared on social media, her life was
actually more of a mess than most.

16.There was nothing else to do. The deed had already been done and there was
no going back. It now had been become a question of how they were going to be
able to get out of this situation and escape.

17.It was going to rain. The weather forecast didn't say that, but the steel plate
in his hip did. He had learned over the years to trust his hip over the
weatherman. It was going to rain, so he better get outside and prepare.

18.She's asked the question so many times that she barely listened to the
answers anymore. The answers were always the same. Well, not exactly the
same, but the same in a general sense. A more accurate description was the
answers never surprised her. So, she asked for the 10,000th time, "What's your
favorite animal?" But this time was different. When she heard the young boy's
answer, she wondered if she had heard him correctly.

19.The headphones were on. They had been utilized on purpose. She could hear
her mom yelling in the background, but couldn't make out exactly what the
yelling was about. That was exactly why she had put them on. She knew her
mom would enter her room at any minute, and she could pretend that she
hadn't heard any of the previous yelling.

20.Green vines attached to the trunk of the tree had wound themselves toward
the top of the canopy. Ants used the vine as their private highway, avoiding all
the creases and crags of the bark, to freely move at top speed from top to
bottom or bottom to top depending on their current chore. At least this was the
way it was supposed to be. Something had damaged the vine overnight halfway
up the tree leaving a gap in the once pristine ant highway.

21.It was difficult to explain to them how the diagnosis of certain death had
actually given him life. While everyone around him was in tears and upset, he
actually felt more at ease. The doctor said it would be less than a year. That
gave him a year to live, something he'd failed to do with his daily drudgery of a
routine that had passed as life until then.

22.It's always good to bring a slower friend with you on a hike. If you happen to
come across bears, the whole group doesn't have to worry. Only the slowest in
the group do. That was the lesson they were about to learn that day.

23.The bowl was filled with fruit. It seemed to be an overabundance of

strawberries, but it also included blueberries, raspberries, grapes, and banana
slices. This was the meal Sarah had every morning to start her day since she
could remember. Why she decided to add chocolate as an option today was still
a bit of a surprise, but she had been in the process of deciding she wanted to
change her routine. This was a baby step to begin that start.
24."It's never good to give them details," Janice told her sister. "Always be a
little vague and keep them guessing." Her sister listened intently and nodded in
agreement. She didn't fully understand what her sister was saying but that
didn't matter. She loved her so much that she would have agreed to whatever
came out of her mouth.

25.It seemed like it should have been so simple. There was nothing inherently
difficult with getting the project done. It was simple and straightforward enough
that even a child should have been able to complete it on time, but that wasn't
the case. The deadline had arrived and the project remained unfinished.

26.There were little things that she simply could not stand. The sound of
someone tapping their nails on the table. A person chewing with their mouth
open. Another human imposing themselves into her space. She couldn't stand
any of these things, but none of them compared to the number one thing she
couldn't stand which topped all of them combined.

27.There were two things that were important to Tracey. The first was her dog.
Anyone that had ever met Tracey knew how much she loved her dog. Most
would say that she treated it as her child. The dog went everywhere with her
and it had been her best friend for the past five years. The second thing that
was important to Tracey, however, would be a lot more surprising to most
people.

28.Sometimes it just doesn't make sense. The man walking down the street in a
banana suit. The llama standing in the middle of the road. The fairies dancing in
front of the car window. The fact that all of this was actually happening and
wasn't a dream.

29.He watched as the young man tried to impress everyone in the room with his
intelligence. There was no doubt that he was smart. The fact that he was more
intelligent than anyone else in the room could have been easily deduced, but
nobody was really paying any attention due to the fact that it was also obvious
that the young man only cared about his intelligence.

30.Then came the night of the first falling star. It was seen early in the morning,
rushing over Winchester eastward, a line of flame high in the atmosphere.
Hundreds must have seen it and taken it for an ordinary falling star. It seemed
that it fell to earth about one hundred miles east of him.

31.There was a reason for her shyness. Everyone assumed it had always been
there but she knew better. She knew the exact moment that the shyness began.
It had been that fateful moment at the lake. There are just some events that do
that to you.

32.Eating raw fish didn't sound like a good idea. "It's a delicacy in Japan," didn't
seem to make it any more appetizing. Raw fish is raw fish, delicacy or not.
33.Devon couldn't figure out the color of her eyes. He initially would have
guessed that they were green, but the more he looked at them he almost
wanted to say they were a golden yellow. Then there were the flashes of red
and orange that seemed to be streaked throughout them. It was almost as if her
eyes were made of opal with the sun constantly glinting off of them and
bringing out more color. They were definitely the most unusual pair of eyes he'd
ever seen.

34.Dave found joy in the daily routine of life. He awoke at the same time, ate
the same breakfast and drove the same commute. He worked at a job that never
seemed to change and he got home at 6 pm sharp every night. It was who he
had been for the last ten years and he had no idea that was all about to change.

35.She put the pen to paper but she couldn't bring herself to actually write
anything. She just stared at the blank card and wondered what words she could
write that would help in even a small way. She thought of a dozen ways to begin
but none seemed to do justice to the situation. There were no words that could
help and she knew it.

36.Her breath exited her mouth in big puffs as if she were smoking a cigarette.
The morning dew had made her clothes damp and she shivered from the chill in
the air. There was only one thing that could get her up and out this early in the
morning.

37.The thing that's great about this job is the time sourcing the items involves
no traveling. I just look online to buy it. It's really as simple as that. While
everyone else is searching for what they can sell, I sit in front of my computer
and buy better stuff for less money and spend a fraction of the time doing it.

38.It really doesn't matter what she thinks as it isn't her problem to solve.
That's what he kept trying to convince himself. She was trying to insert her
opinion where it wasn't wanted or welcome. He already had a plan and even
though that plan didn't correspond with what she wanted him to do or what
should be done, it wasn't her decision to make. The question now became
whether he would stick to his convictions and go through with his plan knowing
she wouldn't approve.

39.Sitting in the sun, away from everyone who had done him harm in the past,
he quietly listened to those who roamed by. He felt at peace in the moment,
hoping it would last, but knowing the reprieve would soon come to an end. He
closed his eyes, the sun beating down on face and he smiled. He smiled for the
first time in as long as he could remember.

40.Don't be scared. The things out there that are unknown aren't scary in
themselves. They are just unknown at the moment. Take the time to know them
before you list them as scary. Then the world will be a much less scary place for
you.
41.He swung back the fishing pole and cast the line which ell 25 feet away into
the river. The lure landed in the perfect spot and he was sure he would soon get
a bite. He never expected that the bite would come from behind in the form of a
bear.

42.Barbara had been waiting at the table for twenty minutes. it had been twenty
long and excruciating minutes. David had promised that he would be on time
today. He never was, but he had promised this one time. She had made him
repeat the promise multiple times over the last week until she'd believed his
promise. Now she was paying the price.

43.There was nothing to indicate Nancy was going to change the world. She
looked like an average girl going to an average high school. It was the fact that
everything about her seemed average that would end up becoming her
superpower.

44.The clowns had taken over. And yes, they were literally clowns. Over 100 had
appeared out of a small VW bug that had been driven up to the bank. Now they
were all inside and had taken it over.

45.Pink ponies and purple giraffes roamed the field. Cotton candy grew from the
ground as a chocolate river meandered off to the side. What looked like stones
in the pasture were actually rock candy. Everything in her dream seemed to be
perfect except for the fact that she had no mouth.

46.She had been told time and time again that the most important steps were
the first and the last. It was something that she carried within her in everything
she did, but then he showed up and disrupted everything. He told her that she
had it wrong. The first step wasn't the most important. The last step wasn't the
most important. It was the next step that was the most important.

47.He had done everything right. There had been no mistakes throughout the
entire process. It had been perfection and he knew it without a doubt, but the
results still stared back at him with the fact that he had lost.

48.It was that terrifying feeling you have as you tightly hold the covers over you
with the knowledge that there is something hiding under your bed. You want to
look, but you don't at the same time. You're frozen with fear and unable to act.
That's where she found herself and she didn't know what to do next

49.He stepped away from the mic. This was the best take he had done so far,
but something seemed missing. Then it struck him all at once. Visuals ran in
front of his eyes and music rang in his ears. His eager fingers went to work in an
attempt to capture his thoughts hoping the results would produce something
that was at least half their glory.